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  1. Bug #349467
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Martin Olsson (mnemo) wrote : update-manager fails to install todays updates due to "undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS4_DecodeUTF8"

Happens everytime I run it. If I run it from "System::Administration::Update Manager" then first the apport icon appears in the gnome-panel notification area but when I click the apport icon it just disappears without ever showing any UI.

mnemo@kingfish:~$ update-manager
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 29, in <module>
    import gtk
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 38, in <module>
    import gobject as _gobject
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gtk-2.0/gobject/__init__.py", line 33, in <module>
    from glib import spawn_async, idle_add, timeout_add, timeout_add_seconds, \
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gtk-2.0/glib/__init__.py", line 30, in <module>
    from glib._glib import *
ImportError: /var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gtk-2.0/glib/_glib.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS4_DecodeUTF8
mnemo@kingfish:~$ update-manager
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 29, in <module>
    import gtk
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 38, in <module>
    import gobject as _gobject
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gtk-2.0/gobject/__init__.py", line 33, in <module>
    from glib import spawn_async, idle_add, timeout_add, timeout_add_seconds, \
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gtk-2.0/glib/__init__.py", line 30, in <module>
    from glib._glib import *
ImportError: /var/lib/python-support/python2.6/gtk-2.0/glib/_glib.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS4_DecodeUTF8
mnemo@kingfish:~$